Air Force Space Command

Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), based at Peterson AFB, Colorado, was created on Sept. 1 1982 as a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force. AFSPC is composed of two numbered air forces (NAF). The Fourteenth Air Force is based at Vandenberg AFB in California and oversees USAF space operations supporting U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM)and North American Defense Command (NORAD) operational plans and missions, dealing mainly with satellites. The Twentieth Air Force is based at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming and oversees AFSPC’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon systems in support of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) war plans.

Note: U.S. Space Command and U.S. Strategic Command are scheduled to merge in October 2002.